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100
The land between the two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris)
What is Mesopotamia?
100

As the people of Mesopotamia became more advanced, people started doing different task/occupations.  This is known as ___________.

What is division of labor?

100
Belief in the existence of only 1 God.
What is monotheism?
100
People who trained to read and write.
Who are scribes?
200
The land great for growing that stretches in a crescent shape from Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean coast.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
200
King of Babylon who developed a code of law based on the belief of eye for an eye.
Who is Hammurabi?
200

Belief in the existence of more than one god.

What is polytheism?

200

The Assyrians were _________ people.

What is war-like people?

300
Fertile particles found in the river that when left behind make the soil good for farming.
What is silt?
300
A political division where a city controls itself and the surrounding area.
What is a city-state?
300
Important people in the social pyramid in ancient society that were able to communicate with the gods.
Who are priests?
300
Legendary king who was part man and part god whose best friend was Enkidu.
Who is Gilgamesh?
400
Used by the people who lived in Mesopotamia to bring water to the crops on the farms.
What is irrigation?
400
When a king conquers other lands and rules them, he now controls a ________________.
What is a empire?
400

Mesopotamians believed ___________ affected every aspect of life.

What is religion?

400

The Sumerians were able to trade goods with other people.  This meant they had a _________ of goods.

What is surplus?

500

Mesopotamia is also known as _________.

What is "The Cradle of Civilization?"

500

These people were members of the upper class.

Who are kings and priests?

500

The building where the ancient Sumerians went to worship and where the priests worked.

What is a ziggurat?

500
The civilization that developed the worlds first written language, cuneiform.
Who are the Sumerians?
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